Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-23
FURNITURE MADH OF BRASS.
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Mirrors are All the Rage Now.

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Mirrors are All the Rage Now.
When the popular taste began some time
ago to lean toward articles made of brass,
many persons laughed at what they called
a spasm. and said it could not last long, but
if the trade done in this line of goods is
anything to go by, the craze is increasing.
Popular taste, in fact, is running riot in
this regard. Fancy woodwork, so popular
year or so ago, is practically out of the
market. Not only is this metal used in the
manufacture of bric-a-brac and ornamental
pieces, but in many of the recently built
dwellings it constitutes much of the prac-
teal and substantial appointments. For
portieres, mantel facings snd stair castings.
polished brass has been in common use
for long time, but it was not until re-
Gently that it took the place of the softer
and less expensive materials in the
manufacture Of panelings for DOORS
sills, baluster rails, balconies, and the like
Its use in the manufacture of household
articles has knocked good-sized hole in
the furniture business, for portion of a
dwelling can to-day be furnished in brass,
from the kitchen poker up to child's
swinging crib. An article of this kind
brass bassins.-coyeredb by canopy, costs
$50. A simple crib, however, can be
bought for S35. Single brass bedsteads are
worth S48, while those of double size range
in price from s3S TO 500. Among the new
designs in beds is canopy which, while it
extends only over the pillows, is very
handsome piece Of furniture. The head
and foot pieces are made in variously
fashioned patterns, as also are the supports
to the canopy, which can be had in
dsmask, merino, silk or satin. In a room
where light is continually burned they
are practical and useful as well as orna-
mental.
Brass cabinets forty and sixty inches
high, with four or five shelves, are also
being made. They cost from $40 up. The
top and stanchions are highly-polished
metal, but the shelves are made of solid
mahogany. Polished brass dressing cases,
with beveled glass mirrors, though pretty
and elegant are very expensive. So also
are the brass chairs. To furnish a recep-
ton-room or parlors with brass chairs
would be novel and dainty, but at $40 each
most people would have to be content with
one or two. To the designs, patterns and
shapes of the various articles made of this
metal there seems to be no end. The ap-
pearance of a room is greatly enhanced by
a brass easel, as is also the looks of the
picture to which it gives support. The
number of articles made of brass runs up
into the thousands already and the end is
not yet. Shaving stands, wall pockets, fire.
screens and such things exist in countless
varieties. The most popular conceits are the
umbrella-stand, usually made in hammer
ed goods. circular in form, and about foot
in diameter; eoal-souttles, used chiefly by
people who have open fire-places and
CRATES to stand beside the fireplace. match
boxes, whisk broom holders, ash receivers,
and hall racks in polished oak with brass
mountings. Small thermometers or clocks
are sometimes set in the head of tennis
racket. The latest card picture-holder is
made of brass in the semblsnce of fat
iron. 1t IS in the appointing of house.
however, that the craze is now mostly seen,
and builders and architects generally are
pulling their brains trying to find new
places and new uses to which they can put
the metal, and are thus coming nearer and
nearer to what is said one day viii be
house Of brass.-Ness York Ezpcs.